The world is urbanizing rapidly. A little over half the global population is urban today. According to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–HABITAT), by 2050, this proportion will grow to 70 percent—and of a much larger pie, 9 billion people worldwide. This urban growth will predominantly (90 percent) take place in developing countries. Developing countries host 70 million new urban residents each year. Cities in the developing world are already challenged in providing adequate infrastructure and services to current residents, let alone supporting such large increases in the future. It is expected that the global slum population will double to 2 billion by 2030. The trend in increasing natural hazards further complicates the situation. The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters reports via its Emergency Events Database (CRED EM-DAT) that, in 2010, 385 natural disasters killed nearly 300,000 people, affected over 217 million others, and caused $123.9 billion in damages in 131 countries. These economic damages represent an increase of 160.4 percent compared to 2009. Climate change and shifting tectonic plates will further exacerbate the situation. This workbook provides standard procedures local officials can use to develop Local Resilience Action Plans. While based on learning from the Vietnam experience, the guidance provided can be applied by any city at any level of disaster preparedness. The experience of the three pilot cities is the basis for llustrating the methodology. The pilots represent a broad range of city caracteristics in terms of geography, population size, economic base, administrative structure, and natural hazards—demonstrating that the LRAP process is useful to a variety of cities. Indeed, the methodology has been taken up by cities outside of Vietnam, in China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. These cities have adapted the steps in the workbook to fit their local conditions and priorities and the workbook shows how they build resilience to climate change and natural disasters

A workbook on planning for urban resilience in the face of disasters : adapting experiences from Vietnam's cities to other cities / F. Ranghieri, F. Shah. - [s.l] : The World Bank, 2012 Jan. - ISBN 978-0-8213-8878-5. [10.1596/978-0-8213-8878-5]

A workbook on planning for urban resilience in the face of disasters : adapting experiences from Vietnam's cities to other cities

F. Ranghieri
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2012

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The world is urbanizing rapidly. A little over half the global population is urban today. According to the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN–HABITAT), by 2050, this proportion will grow to 70 percent—and of a much larger pie, 9 billion people worldwide. This urban growth will predominantly (90 percent) take place in developing countries. Developing countries host 70 million new urban residents each year. Cities in the developing world are already challenged in providing adequate infrastructure and services to current residents, let alone supporting such large increases in the future. It is expected that the global slum population will double to 2 billion by 2030. The trend in increasing natural hazards further complicates the situation. The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters reports via its Emergency Events Database (CRED EM-DAT) that, in 2010, 385 natural disasters killed nearly 300,000 people, affected over 217 million others, and caused $123.9 billion in damages in 131 countries. These economic damages represent an increase of 160.4 percent compared to 2009. Climate change and shifting tectonic plates will further exacerbate the situation. This workbook provides standard procedures local officials can use to develop Local Resilience Action Plans. While based on learning from the Vietnam experience, the guidance provided can be applied by any city at any level of disaster preparedness. The experience of the three pilot cities is the basis for llustrating the methodology. The pilots represent a broad range of city caracteristics in terms of geography, population size, economic base, administrative structure, and natural hazards—demonstrating that the LRAP process is useful to a variety of cities. Indeed, the methodology has been taken up by cities outside of Vietnam, in China, Indonesia, and the Philippines. These cities have adapted the steps in the workbook to fit their local conditions and priorities and the workbook shows how they build resilience to climate change and natural disasters
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urban resilience ; climate change ; natural disasters ; urban planning
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A workbook on planning for urban resilience in the face of disasters : adapting experiences from Vietnam's cities to other cities / F. Ranghieri, F. Shah. - [s.l] : The World Bank, 2012 Jan. - ISBN 978-0-8213-8878-5. [10.1596/978-0-8213-8878-5]
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